(CNSNews.com) An official with the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy told a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee Thursday that the number of deaths involving heroin increased 340 percent from 2007 to 2014, the latest year of available data.
In 2014, the most current year for which we have data, more than 47,000 Americans or approximately 129 people each day died from a drug overdose. Of the overdose deaths in 2014, 22 percent involved heroin, Kemp Chester, associate director for the National Heroin Coordination Group within the Office of National Drug Control Policy, told the committee during a hearing titled, Cartels and the U.S. Heroin Epidemic: Combating Drug Violence and Public Health Crisis.
The threat posed by heroin has continued to grow dramatically over the past several years, and since 2007, deaths involving heroin have risen 340 percent--from 2,402 in 2007 to 10,574 in 2014. Heroin use is spreading to suburban and rural communities and is growing among most socio-economic classes, age groups and races, he told the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues.
Mexico is the primary supplier of heroin to the U.S. with Mexican drug traffickers cultivating opium poppy, producing heroin, and smuggling the finished product into the United States, Chester said.
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#1: Deckard To: Gatlin (#0)
Deckard posted on 2016-06-04 22:41:08 Reply Private Reply
#2: Hondo68 To: Gatlin (#0)
Hondo68 posted on 2016-06-04 22:44:57 Reply Private Reply
#3: Justified To: Gatlin (#0)
The other is wars. When you send kids into fight with slogans instead of clear cut objectives they feel hopeless stuck in hell. You can thank Bush and Obama for this.
Justified posted on 2016-06-04 23:04:54 Reply Private Reply
#4: Gatlin To: Deckard (#1)
Portugal's low death rate can't be attributable solely to decriminalization. As Dr. Joao Goulao, the architect of the country's decriminalization policy, has said, "it's very difficult to identify a causal link between decriminalization by itself and the positive tendencies we have seen."
Gatlin posted on 2016-06-05 00:53:55 Reply Private Reply
#5: Gatlin To: Deckard (#1)
But critics of the policy, such as the Association for a Drug-Free Portugal, say overall consumption of drugs in the country has actually risen by 4.2 percent since 2001 and claim the benefits of decriminalization are being "over-egged."
Gatlin posted on 2016-06-05 01:02:30 Reply Private Reply
#6: VxH To: Gatlin (#0)
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 08:46:14 Reply Private Reply
#7: Gatlin To: VxH (#6)
From whom, and for what reason?
Gatlin posted on 2016-06-05 09:38:02 Reply Private Reply
#8: GrandIsland To: Gatlin (#0)
And this is a bad thing?
Mother Nature at work. Natural selection. Play stupid games... win stupid prizes.
You'll never see me give some foaming at the mouth... Barely breathing drug addict narcon.
GrandIsland posted on 2016-06-05 09:39:30 Reply Private Reply
#9: Stoner To: GrandIsland (#8)
Kinda like gun violence in Chicago, blacks killing blacks.
Stoner posted on 2016-06-05 10:29:41 Reply Private Reply
#10: GrandIsland To: Stoner (#9)
There is a reason for everything
GrandIsland posted on 2016-06-05 11:55:09 Reply Private Reply
#11: ConservingFreedom To: Gatlin (#5)
0.3% per year!? The horror!
ConservingFreedom posted on 2016-06-05 12:40:12 Reply Private Reply
#12: VxH To: Gatlin (#7)
Opium Harvest at Record Level in Afghanistan
September 3, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/03/world/asia/03afghan.html? hp&_r=0
And in other news, 2+2=11 is still the correct Common Core "answer" on the Shrub Farm in Kennebunkport.
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 16:10:48 Reply Private Reply
#13: Gatlin To: VxH (#12)
You just post shit without knowing any reason?
Gatlin posted on 2016-06-05 16:16:16 Reply Private Reply
#14: VxH To: Gatlin (#13)
Quack, Waddle...
http://www.google.com/? gws_rd=ssl#q=russell+trust+association+Heroin+Bush
Same ol' Shyte, different municipal toilet.
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 16:23:19 Reply Private Reply
#15: VxH To: Gatlin (#13)
Buying "Hearts and Minds" of the Afghan Opium farmers whose product = Heroin addiction for the "Hearts and Minds" of Suburban Amerikastan back home.
www.google.com/? gws_rd=ss...+Addiction+White+Suburban
Typical Military Industrial-grade Uniparty Horseshyte.
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 16:33:29 Reply Private Reply
#16: VxH To: Gatlin (#13)
{ crickets crickets crickets }
But you didn't REALLY want to know any of those facts. Did ya GatlinTARD.
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 16:40:38 Reply Private Reply
#17: VxH To: GrandIsland (#8)
Not part of the jack boot job description ehh?
Your ilk is a pathetic representation of the LEO family.
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 16:47:25 Reply Private Reply
#18: VxH To: GrandIsland (#8)
Idiot.
Prey tell us, Barney Fife, Which person in the above photo was addicted to Oxycontin following knee replacement surgery?
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 16:59:04 Reply Private Reply
#19: Gatlin To: VxH (#14)
Just admit that you don't know why and quite making a fool of yourself by displaying your ignorance.
Gatlin posted on 2016-06-05 17:22:10 Reply Private Reply
#20: Gatlin To: VxH (#16)
Yea, I really do.
This link also does not state why the U.S. Marines were guarding the poppy fields.
Tell us ... specifically why they were?
Your copy and paste imitation of Deckard's avoidance limited knowledge technique does nothing but continue to mask your ignorance.
The question still remains: Why were the U.S. Marines guarding the poppy fields?
Gatlin posted on 2016-06-05 17:27:41 Reply Private Reply
#21: Gatlin To: VxH (#15)
After you ADMIT that you don't know ... I will do your homework for you, before I dismiss the class.
Gatlin posted on 2016-06-05 17:29:08 Reply Private Reply
#22: Hondo68 To: Gatlin, mind numbed robots, ditto heads, regular republicans (#20)
Watch the video above, Whoraldo has an opium slasher/scraper tool and is ready to go!
The whole FOX NEWS team could end up like Lush Rimbaugh, stoned out of their minds and ready to vote for anything with an R. They have no self control whatsoever... mind numbed robots, ditto heads.
Hondo68 posted on 2016-06-05 17:40:02 Reply Private Reply
#23: VxH To: Gatlin (#20)
Because they were told to.
Evidently that was because it was less politically expedient than Napalming
and Bulldozing the crops -- which would've been the morally responsible thing to do; especially given the FACTS regarding how much of that "agricultural" product ends up in American neighborhoods.
Meanwhile -
Traffickers like...
www.google. com/#q=russell+trust+association+Heroin
Same ol' shyte, different boney outhouse on the Shrub farm.
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 17:40:30 Reply Private Reply
#24: GrandIsland To: VxH (#17)
GrandIsland posted on 2016-06-05 17:48:50 Reply Private Reply
#25: Gatlin To: VxH (#23)
Yes to the first sentence ... the were ordered to,
No it was not "evidently" the reason you state.
The question remains: Why were the U.S. Marines guarding the poppy fields?
Gatlin posted on 2016-06-05 17:52:02 Reply Private Reply
#26: GrandIsland To: VxH (#17)
Ah, no. It's not.
I won't lift a finger for anyone that tries to kill themselves. That includes overdosing. There isn't a drug addict alive that doesn't know the dangers of shooting a chemical into their bloodstream... fuck them. Let them die.
You don't like that? TFB. I don't answer to you. lol
GrandIsland posted on 2016-06-05 17:55:03 Reply Private Reply
#27: Gatlin To: hondo68 (#22)
Why don't you just tell us: Why were the U.S. Marines guarding the poppy fields?
Or, don't you know either?
Gatlin posted on 2016-06-05 17:56:54 Reply Private Reply
#28: VxH To: GrandIsland (#26)
How do the constituents of your employer's City Council feel about you not answering to them?
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 17:58:29 Reply Private Reply
#29: VxH To: Gatlin (#25)
Because they were NOT ordered to destroy them.
Why was that?
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 17:59:23 Reply Private Reply
#30: VxH To: GrandIsland (#24)
Which individual in the photo was the "filthy drug addict" Barney Fife?
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 18:02:05 Reply Private Reply
#31: Hondo68 To: Gatlin (#27)
So that the D&R drug cartel can finance the campaign & election of President Hillary Rodham Clinton, so that she can then appoint Donny Trumkins as the Czar of Transgender Bathrooms?
Obama = Bush = Hillary = Trump = Uncle Joe Biden = Hiawatha Warren = yukon
President Hillary Rodham-Clinton (D&R)
Hondo68 posted on 2016-06-05 18:17:45 Reply Private Reply
#32: GrandIsland To: VxH (#28)
I'm retired from law enforcement, tool bag. Keep up with current events. I collect a pension... it can never be stopped... and I no longer have to ever worry about what constituents, police boards, libtards, cop blockers OR WHAT MY EMPLOYER thinks about what I say and do. Just keep paying me and STFU.
GrandIsland posted on 2016-06-05 18:19:37 Reply Private Reply
#33: GrandIsland To: VxH (#30)
Like I give a shit. There are good cops and there are bad cops. WAY MORE good than bad. If an officer develops an addiction or feels the desire to attempt a suicide... then I hope they win their stupid prizes. I'm equal oppertunity for drug addict death.
GrandIsland posted on 2016-06-05 18:24:41 Reply Private Reply
#34: VxH To: GrandIsland (#32)
Doesn't sound too retired.
Then again, maybe you're just completely full of shit.
Also - those aren't Cops in the photo. So much for your super hero sleuthing skilz, Barney.
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 18:31:25 Reply Private Reply
#35: VxH To: All, hondo68, Deckard, GrandIsland, Stone, Stoner, Willie Green (#34)
{ raising hand }
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 18:51:33 Reply Private Reply
#36: Gatlin To: hondo68 (#31)
Gatlin posted on 2016-06-05 18:56:40 Reply Private Reply
#37: VxH To: hondo68 (#31)
BINGO!
Captain Uniparty says "the [Military Industrial Drug-pushing] Republicans and Democrats know they need each other to survive".
I may vote for Trump just so I can see Captain U puke all over his fashion wear.
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 18:57:47 Reply Private Reply
#38: Gatlin To: VxH, GrandIsland (#35)
You have to call in your asshole buddies to help you out.
Shameful cowardice ...
Gatlin posted on 2016-06-05 18:58:14 Reply Private Reply
#39: VxH To: Gatlin (#38)
Caught red handed in a big ol' LIE.
I just wanted everybody else to enjoy laughing at him/her/it.
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 18:59:19 Reply Private Reply
#40: Stoner To: GrandIsland (#10)
Stoner posted on 2016-06-05 19:05:08 Reply Private Reply
#41: VxH To: Stoner, GrandIsland (#40)
Kinda hard to do when you only got one bullet for your pistol and you have to keep it in your pocket though -- Isn't it Barney "GrandIsland" Fife?
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 19:06:47 Reply Private Reply
#42: GrandIsland To: VxH (#34)
But yes, I still work full time. And yes I have powers of arrest. And yes, I'm not in NY any longer.
I never looked at the photo, douche bag. Why would I look at your yella bullshit, junior?
You must think you're the smartest fucker you know. I'm still retired from LE, dipshit.
lol
GrandIsland posted on 2016-06-05 19:50:19 Reply Private Reply
#43: GrandIsland To: VxH (#39)
Red handed huh. lol
You are a fuckin tool. I'm retired from LE and now I work in corrections, dumb dumb.
Admit it, I did kick your ass, Sonny.
GrandIsland posted on 2016-06-05 19:57:27 Reply Private Reply
#44: VxH To: GrandIsland (#42)
Oh, so now prison guards [and the department of corrections] aren't law enforcement in Barney "GrandIsland" Fife-land - where you "arrest" inmates.
Uhuh.
Does the maximum security prison [where you're not in law enforcement, but you "arrest" inmates] in your fantasy have rules regarding the emergency healthcare of inmates?
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 20:10:32 Reply Private Reply
#45: GrandIsland To: VxH (#44)
That's correct, dumb ass. Cops work in law enforcement... correctional officers work in corrections. Two separate professions with different pensions.
Dumb ass
GrandIsland posted on 2016-06-05 20:22:55 Reply Private Reply
#46: GrandIsland To: VxH (#44)
Yes, the correctional officers supply emergency medical care to an inmate that's in need until the medical staff arrive within minutes on that particular block... but I don't work the blocks, dumb shit.
I don't respond to medical codes. I'm a little busy for that shit.
Now STFU
Ps... you will enjoy this. I arrest both sides of the cell. I arrest the inmates and the officers if either break the law.
I've done both with equal enthusiasm since my employment started. lol
GrandIsland posted on 2016-06-05 20:38:08 Reply Private Reply
#47: VxH To: GrandIsland (#45)
Survey says...
Yes, Barney "GrandIsland" Fife is still full of pretentious manure.
Does the Prison in Fife-land have any rules and procedures regarding the administration of emergency care for prisoners like...
http://www.ncchc.org/naloxone-for-the-prevention-of- opioid-overdose-deaths
You don't worry about what "WHAT MY EMPLOYER" - - the Department of Corrections - thinks. Oh Ok.
Do the elected folks in whose purview that jurisdiction resides condone that sort of pathological disregard for the rules?
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 20:45:38 Reply Private Reply
#48: VxH To: GrandIsland (#46)
Lol.
Liar Liar.
Lie much on the stand did/do ya? Prosecutors just love little fibs like that... don't they?
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 21:04:58 Reply Private Reply
#49: GrandIsland To: VxH (#48)
I'm never in a position to administer medical assistance, dip shit. This is why.
I don't work on the blocks. The only time I'm on the block is to search a cell or handle a crime scene. Either way, the uniformed officers get the inmates locked in and tend to ALL THEIR NEEDS, EVEN MEDICAL. I don't even have to touch them when I arrest them. I order a uniformed officer to do it.
Also... if I interview inmates, uniformed officers transport them to my office and stay with them the entire time... they tend to their EVERY need.
I wear a suit and tie. I don't administer medical care, nor am I expected to. I have a very clear understanding with the only person I answer too.
I wouldn't have accepted the job if I had to administer medical care to an inmate, dip shit.
GrandIsland posted on 2016-06-05 21:20:19 Reply Private Reply
#50: VxH To: GrandIsland (#45)
What's the LE stand for in that URL Barney?
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 21:26:18 Reply Private Reply
#51: GrandIsland To: VxH (#50)
I am currently retired from LE and collecting my pension while I work a different profession.
Give it up. lol
GrandIsland posted on 2016-06-05 21:29:43 Reply Private Reply
#52: VxH To: GrandIsland (#49)
Is their name on your pay check, Barney?
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 21:31:23 Reply Private Reply
#53: VxH To: GrandIsland (#51)
https://www.rmlefcu.org/
I know what it stands for because members of my immediate and extended LEO family, and their LE Friends in corrections, have all had accounts there.
Fortunately, pathological miscreants like you never got invited to our family picnics.
That's probably because none of them had the malformed character, malformed character you're so proud of, that would let someone die if administering a life-saving treatment like Narcan would save their life.
Dip Shit.
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 21:36:06 Reply Private Reply
#54: GrandIsland To: VxH (#53)
if any of that is true, they must be proud of you.
lol
GrandIsland posted on 2016-06-05 21:52:18 Reply Private Reply
#55: VxH To: GrandIsland (#54)
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 22:05:25 Reply Private Reply
#56: GrandIsland To: VxH (#55)
I'm not a "lifer", shiteater. At the end of the day, I lock my office and go home.
lol
GrandIsland posted on 2016-06-05 22:09:13 Reply Private Reply
#57: VxH To: GrandIsland (#56)
Quack, Waddle:
Barney "GrandIsland", Duck.
Every LEO I grew up with knew who those were.
That's why you never got invited to the extended LEO family picnics.
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 22:22:27 Reply Private Reply
#58: GrandIsland To: VxH (#57)
What does all your vast LE family think about your opinions of their retirement?
You must be the pride of your family holiday dinners. lol
GrandIsland posted on 2016-06-05 22:35:15 Reply Private Reply
#59: VxH To: GrandIsland (#58)
Like I said, there were LEOs like the men at our family picnics - and then there were the L.I.F.E.R.s like you, who disgusted them, who never got invited.
The malignant character you put on display here: "Fuck em" "let em die" - is one example why.
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 22:38:32 Reply Private Reply
#60: GrandIsland To: VxH (#59)
Any self respecting LE family member would kick you in the nuts until your nose started to bleed.
F' off
GrandIsland posted on 2016-06-05 22:42:32 Reply Private Reply
#61: VxH To: GrandIsland (#60)
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 22:43:32 Reply Private Reply
#62: GrandIsland To: VxH (#61)
Maybe your Paultard friends believe the story about having as many cop relatives as Peter Puffer has fag relatives... because I'm your Paultatd world that must make you a LE expert. lol
GrandIsland posted on 2016-06-05 23:00:31 Reply Private Reply
#63: VxH To: GrandIsland (#62)
None of the men I grew up around would've let someone die if administering something like Narcan could've saved a life.
That's a significant difference between the integrity, character, and humanity they exemplified by protecting and serving (even the "filthy drug addict"s, prostitutes, and other assorted unfortunate folks they encountered) - and the malignant character you put on display here.
Run along now. Get that suction going on those teats, L.I.F.E.R.!
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 23:13:37 Reply Private Reply
#64: VxH To: GrandIsland (#62)
The good LEOs always create and live in an extended family. It's how they and their families survive the job.
Firefighters and Military folks do the same.
But individuals with character like what you put on display here and brag about -- didn't get invited.
Sucks to be you, L.I.F.E.R!
VxH posted on 2016-06-05 23:20:00 Reply Private Reply
#65: GrandIsland To: Gatlin (#0)
You might as well win GREATER stupid prizes.
GrandIsland posted on 2016-06-06 07:24:53 Reply Private Reply